Patents by Inventor Jani Tikkanen

Jani Tikkanen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus, method, and computer program for predicting risk for cardiac death
    Patent number: 8504142
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer program for predicting a risk for a cardiac death are presented. Early repolarization patterns in leads of an electrocardiogram recorded from a subject are detected if an amplitude of a J-point at a QRS complex and ST segment junction of a lead exceeds a predetermined amplitude threshold. Amplitude patterns of ST segments in leads of the electrocardiogram are also determined. Finally, an elevated risk for a future cardiac death of the subject on the basis of a possible arrhythmia is predicted if early repolarization patterns are detected in at least two leads of the electrocardiogram, and if the ST segments in the at least two leads of the electrocardiogram are determined to have a horizontal or descending amplitude pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Oulun yliopisto
    Inventors: Jani Tikkanen, Heikki Huikuri, Tuomas Kenttä, Mari Karsikas, Tapio Seppänen
  • Apparatus, Method, And Computer Program For Predicting Risk For Cardiac Death
    Publication number: 20120123283
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer program for predicting a risk for a cardiac death are presented. Early repolarization patterns in leads of an electrocardiogram recorded from a subject are detected if an amplitude of a J-point at a QRS complex and ST segment junction of a lead exceeds a predetermined amplitude threshold. Amplitude patterns of ST segments in leads of the electrocardiogram are also determined. Finally, an elevated risk for a future cardiac death of the subject on the basis of a possible arrhythmia is predicted if early repolarization patterns are detected in at least two leads of the electrocardiogram, and if the ST segments in the at least two leads of the electrocardiogram are determined to have a horizontal or descending amplitude pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Jani Tikkanen, Heikki Huikuri, Tuomas Kenttä, Mari Karsikas, Tapio Seppänen